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A Victorian gilt metal wall light in the form of a Carriage lamp, surmounted by a flying Eagle, 23" long together with a 19th Century cast metal bell, inscribed LOVEDAY & LOVEDAY (2) 

A good Woodford brass carriage clock with Fema 11 jewel movement. Two-train movement striking on a bell, balance escapement. Contained in a brass case 4" x 7" (to top handle) x 3.5".Condition report: Very good condition and in working order.

Thomas Reynolds Warwick eight day Longcase clock striking on a bell. With 11" square dial date calendar Contained in a Oak and cross-banded case.Dimensions 81" x 20" x 91/2" deep.Condition report. New seat-board some poor restoration to hood (brass adornments) Case looks in original condition Movement not tested A/F

W Hartfhorne Brofeley eight day longcase clock with moon phase. 13" arch dial calendar and seconds. brass hands. Two train movement striking on a bell. Contained in an oak case cross-banded with mahogany reeded quarter columns to trunk,  reed columns to hood with swan neck pediment.Dimensions 83" x 18" x11" deep.Dial has been restored new seat-board, Case in original condition. Movement not tested weights and pendulum present

Richard Evans Welchpool 30 hour longcase clock with 12" brass dial Single train movement striking on a bell. Contained in and oak case ross-banded with mahogany.Dimensions 81"x 23"x 91/2"Good overall condition New seat-board. Minute hand loose, Movement not tested A/F pendulum present

A collection of vintage cameras including GB Bell & Howell, 8mm, Kodak and others

Curios and trinkets, brass bell, fireside ornaments, jewellery box, etc. (1 box)

Walt Disney's Peter Pan 8x10 photo signed by Margaret Kerry (Tinker Bell). Good condition Est.

Football Autographed Manchester City 12 X 8 Photo - B/W, Depicting Players Posing At Maine Road With Silverware Won During The 1969/70 Season - The League Cup And The European Cup Winners Cup, Signed By Pardoe, Dowd, Corrigan, Booth, Doyle, Oakes, Bowyer, Summerbee, Lee, Book, Young And Bell In Blue Marker. Good Condition Est.

Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)As Whites Rose signed, titled and dated 'AS WHITES ROSE/2007/Trevor Bell' (on canvas verso)acrylic on canvas151 x 155cm (59 7/16 x 61in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St Ives, where acquired by the present owner, May 2007Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedSt Ives, New Millennium Gallery, White and Colour, 12 May-12 June 2007LiteratureC.Wild, 'bell-isimo!', Cornwall Today, May 2007, illustrated on p.104This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)Tethera signed, titled and dated 'TETHERA/2003/Trevor Bell' (on canvas verso)acrylic on canvas160 x 168cm (63 x 66 1/8in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St Ives, where acquired by the present owner, May 2003Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedSt Ives, New Millennium Gallery, Trevor Bell, 2003, illustratedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Trevor Bell (British, 1930-2017)Gust signed, titled and dated 'GUST/2010/Trevor Bell' (on board verso)oil on board and plywood50.5 x 110 x 5.5cm (19 7/8 x 43 5/16 x 2 3/16in).(unframed)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, where acquired by the present owner, 5 August 2010Private Collection, U.K.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A selection of metal detector finds to include a miniature 19th century gilt metal domino set the case formed as a chest, various bell weights, whistles, thimbles, sea urchin fossils, glass bottle and other itemsLocation:

An English opaque twist wine glass: bell shaped bowl set on a straight single series opaque twist stem and conical foot, circa 1770, 18cm high.

A pale green and white overlay table scent bottle and stopper: of bell shaped form with raised petal neck and spire stopper cut with panels decorated in gold, red and blue, 27cm high, [stopper chipped].

A Victorian/Edwardian electric call bell indicator : by W Baker & Co, Builders, Ashford, Kent, of rectangular outline with four section indicator and bell mounted on a mahogany backboard, together with two cord operated servants call bells.

A cloisonné temple bell: of traditional design the handle in the form of dragons, with dragon and foliate decoration to the sides, 22cm high.

An 18th century bell metal skillet: of traditional design, the handle named 'Wasbrough' raised on three peg feet, 39cm long, a copper saucepan and a copper mug (3).

A Victorian French brass carriage alarm clock: the eight-day duration movement having a later platform lever escapement and stamped to the backplate with the initial B within a circle along with the serial number N913, with a bell to sound the alarm, the white enamel dial having black Arabic numerals and blued steel spade hands with a subsidiary alarm setting dial, with a brass Corniche case, height 16cm handle up, 14cm handle down.

Gay, Lamaille, Paris a brass Corniche carriage clock with alarm: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a silvered platform lever escapement with alarm sounding on a bell, the backplate stamped with the initials E.G.L. within an oval for the maker Gay, Lamaille of Paris, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, alarm setting dial and blued steel spade hands, the brass Corniche case having a three bale handle, height 16.5cm handle up, 13.5cm handle down.

Henry Capt, a French alarm carriage clock: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a silvered platform lever escapement and sounding the alarm on a bell, with the backplate stamped with the serial number 791, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, alarm setting dial and signed for the retailer Henry Capt, Geneve, the brass Corniche case with handle, height 13cm handle down, 15.5cm handle up.

Japy Frères, Paris, an ormolu and porcelain mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with the backplate stamped with the trademark roundel and serial number for Japy Frères, 7399, the Sevres-style blue porcelain dial having black Roman numerals, a cherub painted to the centre and brass spade hands, the decorative ormolu case with matching porcelain panels to the sides and front, applied floral mounts, Satan-head mounts to the sides and surmounted by an urn, height 45cm. Movement detached from case.

Handley and Moore, London and Francis Adams, London, a Regency bracket clock: the shaped eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell, engraved to the backplate by the movement makers Handley & Moore, Clerkenwell, London, with typical border engraving, the pendulum with an engraved bob and fine regulation, the eight-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel hands, a strike/silent lever above XII o'clock and signed F.B. Adams, London, the mahogany curved-top case with brass inlaid decoration, brass fish-scale frets and handles to the sides, canted corners and surmounted by a pediment top with brass finial, height 49cm.* Biography Handley & Moore were makers of movements to the clockmaking trade, working in Clerkenwell Close from 1801 until Handley retired in 1820 whereupon John Moore continued alone.*Biography Francis Bryant Adams, apprenticed in 1795, is recorded as working in St. Johns Square, Clerkenwell, a few hundred yards from the Handley & Moore workshops, until 1825 with his son of the same name continuing the business.*Notes Reference Brian Loomes Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, Pub. NAG 2006.

Charles Frodsham, Strand, London, a walnut bracket clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell with the backplate engraved Chas. Frodsham, Clockmakers to the Queen, 84 Strand, London, No. 1930, the brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, fleur-de-lys half-hour markings and with a repeat of the makers name and address, with cast-brass female-head spandrels to the four corners, the arch with a 'Strike/Silent' dial and dolphin spandrels, with decorative blued-steel hands, the walnut break-arch case with cast carytid mounts to the corners, decorative frets to the sides and surmounted by an acron finial to the stepped top, all standing on brass bracket feet, with an applied presentation plaque to the front engraved for Captain F.C. Meyrick and dated for 1892, height 41cm.* Biography Charles Frodsham, born 15th July 1810, was a member of the illustrious Frodsham clockmaking dynasty. Educated at Christ's Hospital school he was apprenticed to his father, William James, on the 14th July 1824 for seven years. Rather than join the firm of Parkinson & Frodsham, Charles set up on his own account in 1834 with various addresses in the City before finally settling at 84, The Strand having taken on the premises and stock of the renowned chronometer maker John R. Arnold, naming the business J.R. Arnold - Chas. Frodsham. The name changed to simply Charles Frodsham in 1848 having established himself as one of the leading chronometer makers as well as a maker of other ecxceptional clocks. Charles Frodsham died on the 11th January 1871.Reference Vaudrey Mercer The Frodshams, The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers Pub. The Antiquarian Horolgical Society 1981.* The property of the Late Ann Meyrick

Walter Mitchelson, London, a fine Georgian chiming bracket clock: the eight-day duration, triple-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell and chiming on a further eight-bells, the round enamel dial having black Roman numerals and signed Walter Mitchelson, London, with gilt-brass hands, with two subsidiary dials to the arch for 'strike/silent' and regulation, with engraved floral and c-scroll decoration to the four corners and arch, the bell-top mahogany case surmounted by five cast-brass ball finials and with brass mounts, brass fishscale frets to the sides, fluted canted corners with brass stops, brass fretwork to the front, brass carrying handles to the sides and standing on brass bracket feet, height 56cm.* Biography Walter Mitchelson is recorded as working in Helmut Row, London from before 1781 until at least 1800.*Notes Illustrated in Robin Butler, The Arthur Negus Guide to English Furniture Colour plate 96. Pub. 1978.

Brounker Watts, London an ebonised bracket clock: the eight-day duration, five-pillar, double-fusee movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell with repeat of the last quarter on two further bells, the fully engraved backplate signed Brounker Watts, London, the seven-inch brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, Arabic five-minute numerals to the outer aspect and fleur-de-lys half-hour markings, the matted dial centre having engraved decoration, a false-pendulum aperture and date aperture, with wheat-ear border engraving, the top and bottom of the dial with scroll engraving and signed Brounker Watts, London, the ebonised bell-top case with blind fret to the front, glazed panels to the sides, cast-brass finials to the four top corners, surmounted by a cast-brass handle and all standing on bracket feet, height 39.5cm handle down, 43.5cm handle up.* Biography Brounker Watts was a fine maker having been apprenticed to the eminent clockmaker Joseph Knibb in 1685. A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers from 1693, he signed the Clockmakers' Company oath of allegiance in 1697. He avoided stewardship of the Comapny in 1711 by being 'out of town'. Watts worked in Fleet Street, London and died in 1719.*Notes Brian Loomes Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700, Pub. Mayfield Books 2014.

An early Victorian Frisian thirty-hour duration Dutch oak wall staartklok: the thirty-hour duration movement with turned pillars striking the hours on a bell with the break-arch painted dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary alarm-setting disc to the centre and painted with landscape scenes to the arch and centre, with decorative brass hands, the break-arch oak case with cast-brass capitals to the hood pillars and brass fret showing the pendulum bob to the shaped drop, height 127cm.

A mid-19th century oak hooded wall clock with alarm: the thirty-hour rope-driven timepiece movement having an anchor escapement, iron plates and sounding the alarm on a bell, with the seven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with Roman hour numerals, diamond half-hour markings and inner quarter-hour aspect, with an alarm setting disc to the centre, cast-brass c-scroll spandrels to the four corners and a single steel hand, the flat-top oak case with turned pillars and curved moulding below and an extended back board, height 80cm.

Samuel Hart, Stonham, an oak and mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, with the twelve-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals and signed Saml. Hart, Stonham, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and false date aperture, with cast-brass cherub-head spandrels to the four corners and blued-steel hands, the oak flat-top case having three-quarter columns to the hood, boxwood inlaid decoration to the trunk, the base having a shaped raised panel with further inlaid decoration, all standing on bracket feet, height 198cm.*Biography Samuel Hart, born 1694 and baptised at Stonham Aspall, Suffolk, was orphaned at a young age. Married in 1729, he died in 1775 and was buried in the parish churchyard.An incomplete turret clock signed by Hart is exhibited at Snowshill Manor, Gloucester.*Notes Reference Haggar & Miller Suffolk Clocks & Clockmakers Pub. 1974.

Stringer, Nantwich, an oak longcase clock: the thirty-hour duration movement striking the hours on a bell (missing) with an outside countwheel, the eleven-inch square brass dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals, flame half-hour markings and the makers name Stringer, Namptwich, with a single blued-steel hand, date aperture to the matted dial centre and cast-brass four-seasons spandrels to the four corners, the oak case with mahogany crossbanding, the flat-top hood with three-quarter columns and blind fretwork, height 212cm.* Biography Stringer is recorded as working in Nantwich (old name Namptwich), Cheshire in the early 18th century.

A mahogany longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the fourteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials to the centre, various scenes depicting the continents painted to the four corners and arch, and with gilt-brass hands, the mahogany flat-top case having canted corners to the trunk, moulded edges to the door, cross-banding to the base and an overhanging moulding to the hood, all standing on bun feet, height 213cm.

A Georgian mahogany long case clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and date dials, painted decoration to the four corners and arch, and with the makers name J. Welch, Houghton to the centre, with gilt-brass hands, the mahogany curved-top case with a Gothic moulding to the trunk door and inlaid stringing either side, turned pillars to the hood and crossbanding to the base, height 204cm.* Biography James Welch is recorded as working in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham from circa 1827 with his address at Market Place in 1841, Quality Hill in 1847 and Nesham Place in 1855.* Notes Reference Keith Bates Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham Pub. Pendulum Publications 1980.

A mahogany moon phase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the thirteen-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, strawberry decoration to the four corners and indistinctly signed to the centre, the arch with a moonphase disc painted with cottage and seascape scenes, with blued-steel hands, the oak case having mahogany crossbanding, fluted quarter columns, a raised plinth to the base, with the hood having fluted columns and a swan-neck pediment, all standing on bracket feet, height 214cm.

Thomas Ivory, Dundee, a moonphase longcase clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell with the twelve-inch painted break-arch dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture (ring now missing), decorative gilt-brass hands and signed Thos. Ivory, Dundee, with strawberry decoration to the four corners, the arch having a moonphase disc painted with land and seascapes, the falseplate to the dial embossed to the rear with the name of the well-known dialmaker Wilson, Birmingham, the oak case having quartered pillars and a swan-neck pediment to the hood, all standing on bracket feet, height 202cm.* Biography Thomas Ivory is recorded as working in Dundee from circa 1793 until after 1825 having been made a Burgess of the city in July 1795. He was the son of the well-known maker James Ivory.*Notes Reference Donald Whyte Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Scotland Pub. Mayfield Books 2005

A George III mahogany longcase clock with Father Time automata: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours on a bell, the thirteen-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, 'fleur-de-lys' half-hour markings and outer Arabic five-minute numerals, with the matted dial centre having ringed winding holes, cast-brass 'female-head' spandrels to the four corners, and brass hands, the arch having a rocking Father Time set within a round aperture, the mahogany case with fluted quartered-columns to the trunk and shaped door, the hood having a swan-neck pediment with carved wood patrae and fluted columns, the base with canted corners and standing on bracket feet, height 232cm.

Edison Bell portable gramophone, model EB 379

Three valve euphonium with 'Barralls of Manchester Ltd' stamped below the 20cm flared bell, also stamped 'Made in The GDR' and number '188823'

[Antiquarian] Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of The Regency Extracted from German Correspondence of the Duchess of Orleans 1824 in half leather with gilt spine. Volume on Battle of Waterloo (lacking title) (c.1850s) illustrated with panoramic views, map and etchings (incomplete) bound in half leather. Memorable Battles in English History 1863 full gilt leather. W.S. Gilbert Iolanthe & Other Operas illustrated with colour plates by W. Russell Flint, published G. Bell 1910 first edition in gilt cloth. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Willy Pogany, published Harrap, with tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in decorated boards. Pompeiana: The Topography Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii by Sir William Gell 1835 volume 1 only (of 2) illustrated in half leather with gilt decorated spine. Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy translated by Longfellow 1867, in full leather with raised bands and gilt panels. Adventures of Don Quixote illustrated by John Gilbert 1858, in gilt decorated cloth (8) 

Shirley Hibberd New And Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants with illustrations and descriptions of The Most Ornamental-Foliaged Plants published, Bell & Daldy 1870 first edition with many full-page chromolithographed plates and text engravings in gilt cloth. Flowers of The Field by Rev. Johns 1881 with black & white engravings in publisher's gilt cloth. Botany for Beginners 1909 and 13 King Penguins (mostly plants or gardening) decorated boards (16)    

Four inch scale Burrell single crank compound live steam traction engine or road locomotive with pump and injector, two gears and planked wooden canopy with canvas covering. Built by the vendor's late father, latterly on display in his living room, With the engine is a box file of paperwork including drawings, Franklin & Bell boiler certificate for 1995 (when the boiler was presumably built) and steam test dating to 2010

Cast iron wall mounted water trough, width 25cm, bell and a mincer

Charles I, Tower mint, Shilling, Gp D, type 3a, mm. tun, 5.84g/11h (S 2791); George II, Shilling, 1735 (S 3700); SCOTLAND, Charles II, Second coinage, Sixteenth-Dollar, 1680? (S 5624); IRELAND, James I, First coinage, Shilling, mm. bell, 4.38g/11h (S 6512) [4]. Last fair, others better £80-£100

A C R Dyson of Bourne 17thC style walnut and marquetry inlaid longcase clock, the brass break arch dial with urn spandrels, moon face showing a three masted sailing vessel on choppy seas, silvered chapter ring bearing Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, eight day two train movement, with bell strike, the hood with shaped pediment carved Prince of Wales figures, inlaid with flowers and butterflies, the door flanked by demi pilasters, the trunk similarly inlaid with a vase and urn of flowers, and a viewing bullseye glass, above a bombe base, inlaid an urn of flowers, further flowers and butterflies, raised on paw feet, with pendulum weights, no keys, 212cm high.

A late 19thC American rosewood cased mantel clock, of Masonic interest, the tin dial painted with Roman numerals, exposing a central brass wheel shaped chapter ring, 30 hour movement with bell strike, the case of Gothic architectural form with a glazed two section door, the lower section decorated with a set and compass, bears paper label for the E N Welch Manufacturing Company, Forestville, Conn., with pendulum and key, 36.5cm high, 19cm wide.

A late 19th French porcelain ormolu and gilt metal lyre clock garniture de cheminee, by Sartinot of Paris, the alabaster shaped frame holding a barrel dial with enamel, eight day movement and striking a bell, with pendulum and each garniture vase having a reversible pineapple and candle stand finial, 74cm high. Provenance: The estate of Mrs Sandra Mapletoft (Dec'd) who purchased this as Lot 99 on 29th June, 1996 from The Bourne Auction Rooms with a hammer price of £2,050.

A group of 9ct gold and other trinkets, comprising a yellow metal pendant depicting two children, 1.5cm wide, yellow metal unmarked, a hammered bell charm, 1cm high, unmarked, 3.3g all in, and a pair of paste stone set green drop earrings. (4)

Harrington, James The Oceana of James Harrington and his Other Works; some wherof are now first publish'd from his Manuscripts. The whole collected, methodiz'd, and review'd, with an Exact Account of his Life prefix'd, by John Toland. London: to be sold by the booksellers, 1700. First collected edition, folio (30.8 x 19.4cm), contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, engraved frontispiece, portrait after Sir Peter Lely, plate ('The Manner and Use of the Ballot'), advertisement leaf, variable light spotting and browning [ESTC R9111; Wing H816]; Brady, Robert. An Introduction to the Old English History, comprehended in three several Tracts. London: by Tho. Newcomb, for Samuel Lowndes, 1684. First edition, folio (31 x 19.2cm), 20th-century quarter sheep, marbled sides to style, browning, 2N3 slit for cancellation (the cancel also present)[ESTC R34414; Wing B4194]; Thomas May. The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the Third, M. DC. XL. With a Short and Necessary View of some Precedent Years. London: by Moses Bell, for George Thomason, 1647. First edition, folio (28.8 x 17.6cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, imprimatur leaf, title-page in red and black, light damp-staining to lower fore corners [ESTC R8147; Wing M1410]; Walker, Edward. Historical Discourses upon Several Occasions: viz. I. The Happy Progress and Succes of the Arms of K. Charles I [...]. London: by W. N. for Sam. Keble, 1705. First edition, folio (34.2 x 21.2cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, engraved headpieces and initial, full-page engraved portrait of Charles I, engraved folding plate, bookplate (Thomas Bagnall, St Edmund Hall, Oxford) to title-page verso, variable spotting and browning; Hakewill, George. An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World. Oxford: William Turner, 1635. Third edition ('revised ... besides the addition of two entire bookes not formerly published'), folio (27.8 x 18.5cm), modern half calf, engraved additional title-page, letterpress explanation leaf ('The argument of the front and of the worke'), retaining medial blanks 3E4 and 4A4, contemporary ownership inscription ('Ex libris Thomas Wadland') to letterpress title-page, occasional light browning, a few marks [ESTC S120609; STC 12613]; and 3 others (these not collated): Arthur Collins, Letters and Memorials of State in the Reigns of Queen Mary [to] Oliver's Usurpation, 1746 (first edition, 2 volumes, large folio, modern quarter morocco, engraved frontispieces, all edges untrimmed, possibly a large-paper copy); William Howell, An Institution of General History, or the History of the World, 1680 (second edition, folio, modern cloth); Edmund Sawyer, Memorials of the Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly from the Original Papers of ... Ralph Winwood, 1725 (first edition, 3 volumes, folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and relined, without portrait) (11)Note: John Toland's influential edition of the works of James Harrington was an important component in his project to introduce republican ideas to an 18th-century audience, and 'provided a foundation for the whig intellectual tradition that influenced Maximilien Robespierre, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine' (ODNB). Provenance: Professor G. E. Aylmer FBA (1926-2000), historian of 17th-century England and sometime master of St Peter’s College, Oxford (with his bookplates).

18th-century English books Collection of works on various subjects including: Povey, Charles. The Virgin in Eden: or, the State of Innocecy. Deliver'd by Way of Image and Description. Presenting a Nobleman, a Student, and Heiress, on their Progress from Sodom to Canaan ... To which are added, Pamela's Letters proved to be Immodest Romances painted in Images of Virtue. London: J. Roberts, 1741. First edition, 8vo (19.2 x 12.2cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, joints cracked, extremities rubbed [ESTC T133871: four copies in UK libraries]; Swift, Jonathan. The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen. London: A. Millar, 1758. First edition, 8vo (20.2 x 12cm), contemporary half calf, spine and boards renewed [ESTC T151042]; Wintringham, Clifton, senior. Commentarium nosologicum orbos epidemicos et aeris variationes in urbe Eboracensi licisque vicinis. London: William Bowyer, 1733. Second edition, 8vo (19.9 x 12.4cm), contemporary inscription '[...] Ex dono Gul. Fordyce Eq' to title-page (possibly referring to noted Scottish physician William Fordyce, 1724-1792), contemporary calf spine, covers lacking, spotting to title-page and occasionally elsewhere, adhesive staining to blank verso of final leaf [ESTC T151042: 500 copies printed]; Xenophon. The Banquet, done from the Greek ... By James Welwood. London: John Barnes; and Andrew Bell, 1710. First edition thus, 8vo (17 x 10cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, joints cracked [ESTC T145158]; and 18 others (these not collated), including: John Keill, Introductio ad ad veram astronomiam, 1721 ('Editio secunda', 8vo, contemporary sprinkled tan calf); Edmund Burke, Two Letters addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, 1796 (8vo, contemporary tree calf, marginal excision from title-page); Colin Maclaurin, A Treatise of Algebra, 1756 (second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, front cover detached); Jonathan Swift, The Sermons, Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1763 (8vo, 20th-century cloth); David Moyses [Moysie], Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1755 (first edition, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked); The Life and Adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew ... the King of Beggars, 1782 (8vo, contemporary sheep, rebacked); A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, 1785 (third edition, 12mo, later green sheep, repairs); and similar (22)Note: Another edition of Wintringham's work, a treatise on diseases in the city of York, appeared in 1727, but at 64 pp. is considerably shorter than the present second edition, which has 168 pp.

Illustrated and private press books Collection of works including: Bawden, Edward (illustrator). Well on the Road. Words, Christopher Bradby. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd, 1935. First edition, 4to, original cloth-backed pictorial boards; Previous Parrot Press. Tryphema Press. The Ghost of a Great Lodge. A Short Story by Olive Cook, with Drawings by Walter Hoyle, 1999. One of 148 copies signed by author and illustrator, 4to, original patterned boards; Idem. Walter Hoyle. To Sicily with Edward Bawden. With an Introduction by Olive Cook, 1998. One of 350 copies signed by Walter Hoyle and Olive Cook, 4to, original cloth-backed pictorial boards; Celandine Press. R. S. Thomas. Destinations, with Illustrations by Paul Nash, 1985. One of 300 copies, tall narrow 8vo, tipped-in colour plates, laid-in tissue-guards; Incline Press. Alan Powers, Barry Kitts, Ronald Maddox. In Place of Toothpaste. Three Essays celebrating the Watercolour Painting of Eric Ravilious, 2004. One of 250 copies, 4to, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, tipped-in colour plates; Stourton Press. To John Piper on his Eightieth Birthday, 1983. One of 900 copies, Tall 8vo, original pictorial boards; and approx. 35 others, including Edward Bawden & George Mackie, Historical Ballads of Denmark, Edinburgh: University Press, 1958 (one of 750 copies, this copy inscribed by Mackie to Frank Collieson, original boards, dust jacket), John Betjeman, Continual Dew, 1937 (first edition, dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, price-clipped), idem, First and Last Loves, 1952 (first edition, dust jacket designed by John Piper, price-clipped), Claud Lovat Fraser (illustrator), Poems from the Works of Charles Cotton, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922 (first edition), 5 Merivale Editions signed limited prints, King Penguins, and similar (approx. 40)

Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847) Collection of autograph letters signed, Edinburgh and Burntisland, 15 in total, all but one to Miss Rebecca Bell of Woodhouse Lee, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire (the remaining letter to George Bell of Leith), discussing the state of the church during the church extension campaign which culminated in the 'Disruption' and establishment of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843 ('I rejoice in your sympathy with our church, and your prayers for her deliverance'; 'It is of mighty importance in the way of facilitating the operations for a new and additional church, that you obtain the concurrence of the parish. I am not able to judge of the expediency of first communicating the prospect to the Duke of Buccleuch'), offering spiritual advice, and discussing Miss Bell's proposed foundation of a new school, the letters of various extents, many franked or stamped (1d red), a few seal tears (15)Note: Chalmers's founding of the break-away Free Church in 1843 has been described as a 'glorious moment in the religious history of Scotland, a dramatic assertion of the rights of congregations to have a voice in the selection of their ministers and, more significantly, an assertion of the spiritual independence of the church under the sole headship of Christ. (ODNB). He also wrote on political economy and social theory, publishing in 1808 An Inquiry into the Extent and Stability of National Resources, and in 1832 On Political Economy, in Connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society.

Bryant & May Collection of designs for matchboxes and public house signs 5 original watercolours, framed, for Bryant & May 'Top Dogs' matchstick covers, comprising an Old English Sheepdog, Yorkshire Terrier, Poodle, Jack Russell and Corgi, each 110 x 110mm; 10 original drawings for pub swing-sign designs comprising a pig and whistle, Royal Oak featuring the head of Charles II, a man playing chess, rose and crown, bull chasing a boy, portrait of George IV, red lion rampant, bell, swan and a farmer ploughing, each mounted, 130 x 115mm; 3 sheets with 39 laid-down samples of matchbox covers including St. Jones's Lucifers, S. Molyneux's Lucifers and Celestial Congreves; 65 print blocks commissioned by Bryant & May for commercial clients, with letter from Johnston Riddle & Co, Printers to The Book Match Dept., Bryant & May, 2nd February 1971, listing the companies

Regency fashion La belle assemblée or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, addressed particularly to the Ladies. London: J. Bell, 1806-11. 11 volumes in 12, 8vo (23.2 x 14.5cm), contemporary red half morocco, 11 wood-engraved title-pages, 77 engraved hand-coloured costume plates, 212 further engraved plates (mainly portraits or needlework specimens, many folding), 22 plates of engraved music, bindings rubbed, loss to base of a few spines, lacking at least the plan of Jena in volume 1 part 1 and the wood-engraved title-page to volume 11, variable damp-staining (mainly to engraved portraits), a few stains and tears, a few plates with stab-holes visible in margins, volume 1 part 1 with marginal tear to May frontispiece, volume 3 coloured plate facing p. 161 with closed tear, quire G loose, volume 5 plate facing p. 10 with hole, facing p. 240 with short tear, volume 7 with tears to the two plates facing p. 192, volume 8 colour plate facing p. 120 with extensive closed transverse tear, volume 9 January frontispiece loose and torn, pp. 43-5 loose, volume 11 sig. F2 and attached plate loose, volume 12 plates facing pp. 47 and 56 with tears, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (12)Provenance: The Library of Keith Schellenberg (1929-2019), British businessman, Winter Olympian and laird of Eigg.

Antiquarian books, 18th and 19th century Large collection of works, including Scottish interest comprising: Army List. A List of the Officers of the Army and Marines. [London]: War-Office, 1791. Thirty-ninth edition, 8vo (21 x 12.7cm), contemporary tree calf, bookplate of Sir George Russell Clerk (1801-1889), British civil servant in India, rubbed [ESTC T170302: 3 copies in UK libraries]; Robinson, Mary. Poems. London: J. Bell, 1791. First edition, 8vo (18.5 x 11.3cm), contemporary marbled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, contemporary gift inscription ('To Miss Everett, by Mrs Lettsom as a token of friendship & esteem', bookplates ('Chute Lodge, 1816' and John Adam, motto 'crux mihi grata quies'), front board near-detached [ESTC T99736]; Scruton, James. The Practical Counting House; or, Calculation and Accountantship Illustrated. Glasgow: James Duncan, 1777. First edition, 8vo (20.6 x 12.5cm), contemporary marbled sheep, covers detached [ESTC T196938: 5 UK copies]; [Topham, Edward]. Letters from Edinburgh; written in the Years 1774 and 1774: containing some Observations on ... the Scotch Nation during a Six Months Residence in Edinburgh. London: J. Dodsley, 1776. First edition, 8vo (20.2 x 12.6cm), contemporary sheep, front joint partly cracked, front free endpaper absent, worming to foot of title and dedication, occasional soiling [ESTC T137107]; [Robertson, Joseph]. The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and it's [sic] Islands. Edinburgh: for J. Thomson Junr & Co., 1806. Third edition, 12mo (17.6 x 9.9cm), contemporary tree calf by Forsyth of Elgin, engraved title-page, 2 folding maps (coloured in outline; closed handling tears), 16 further maps; and 27 others (these not collated), including: Jonathan Swift, The Works, Dublin: George Faulkner, 1741-6 (7 volumes of 8?, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, together with a uniformly-bound copy of Miscellanies, The Last Volume, London: B. Motte, 1727); Robert Douglas, The Peerage of Scotland, 1764 (first edition, folio, contemporary half calf, label renewed, 10 engraved heraldic plates, moderate browning and damp-staining, old paper-reinforcement to inner hinges); idem, The Baronage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1798 (first edition, 1 volume bound in 2, folio, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked to style, contemporary annotations to endpapers and margins; William Hawkins, A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown. London, 1739 (third edition, 2 volumes in 1, folio contemporary calf, joints cracked, wear, contemporary trade card of the New Printing-Office, Norwich, 1723 to front pastedown); Thomas Wood, A New Institute of the Imperial or Civil Law, London, 1730 (fourth edition, folio, contemporary calf, joints cracked, loss to leather; idem, An Institute of the Laws of England, 1734 (fifth edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, worn, engraved portrait frontispiece); William Maver, Johnson's English Dictionary, Glasgow, 1809 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn); Earl of Selkirk, Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, 1805 (first edition, uncut in original boards, joints cracked, title-leaf and conjugate tipped in, 'Castle Grant, 1805' inscribed on title); Robert Southey, Roderick, 1815 (second edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary purple half calf); Warton et al., Essays on Gothic Architecture, 1808 (third edition, 8vo, contemporary tan calf gilt, worn); Robert Burns, The Life and Works, Edinburgh, 1815 (4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn); and similar, mainly in contemporary leather bindings (46)Provenance: The Library of Keith Schellenberg (1929-2019), British businessman, Winter Olympian and laird of Eigg.

Scotland Collection of pamphlets and proclamations, 17th-18th century including: [Monipennie, John]. Certayne Matters concerning the Realme of Scotland. London: for John Flasket, 1603. Second edition, 4to (18.1 x 13.2cm), 20th-century boards, spine defective, light browning, occasional staining, headlines often shaved, repairs to title-page (A1) and B1-2 obscuring a few letters, title page with contemporary annotations and a pen trial, final leaf N1/A2 with closed tear in gutter [ESTC S112838]; Hamilton, James, 1st Duke of Hamilton. [Incipit:] Whereas some have given out that by the Act of Councell [...]. Edinburgh: Robert Young, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 1638. 4to (18.5 x 13.2cm), modern boards, typographic headpieces, woodcut initials, retaining final blank (C4), book-label of noted bibliographer F. S. Ferguson (1878-1967), slight toning [ESTC S103719]; Charles I. [Incipit:] Charles, by the grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith. To our lovits [blank] messengers, our sheriffs [...], greeting. Edinburgh: Robert Young, 1638. 4to (17.8 x 13cm), modern boards, woodcut headpiece (royal arms) and initial, F. S. Ferguson book-label [ESTC S116895]; Ward, Richard. The Analysis, and Application of the Sacred and Solemne League Covenant. London: J. Dollam, 1643. First edition, 4to (19.5 x 15.3cm), disbound, slightly dust-soiled, tide-mark to foot, edges nicked [ESTC R5685]; [Covenanters]. A True and Impartial Account of the Examinations and Confessions of the several Execrable Conspirators against the King and his Government in Scotland. London: Andrew Forrester, 1691. First edition, folio (28.7 x 18.7cm), disbound, final 2 leaves near detached and with closed tears [ESTC R21336]; [Medicine]. [Drop-head title:] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session the Petition of John Monro Chirurgeon Apothecary in Edinburgh humbly sheweth that where in the competition betwixt your petition, as executor to the deceast Lieutenant Nisbet, and Janet Nisbet, executrix ... debated last week before the Lord Justice Clerk, 7 February 1701. Folio, 3 [1] pp., disbound, deckle edges, stitched together with an apparent continuation of the petition and 'Answers for Janet Nisebet and Peter Bell Merchant in Slagow her Husband ... to the Petition of John Monro against them], 2 and [2] pp., one with closed tear, [Defoe, Daniel]. Observations on the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Union, humbly offered to the Consideration of the Parliament, relating to Foreign Ships, [Edinburgh: no printer, 1706]. 4to (19.3 x 15.2cm), 20th-century quarter skiver, 4 pp., browned, bookplate of Robert A. S. Macfie (1868-1935), authority on the Roma [ESTC T55499: 10 UK copies, of which 7 in the National Library of Scotland]; Idem. A Short View of the Present State of the Protestant Religion in Britain, Edinburgh: [no printer], 1707. 8vo (18.4 x 11.4cm), 20th-century quarter skiver, a few page-numbers shaved, Macfie ownership inscription [ESTC T55491: 7 UK copies]; Almanac. Perth's True Almanack; or a New Prognostication for the Year of our Lord 1719 ... Calculated exactly (according to Art) for the Meridian of the Town of Perth ... by Mr. Patrick Stobie, Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1719. 8vo (14.8 x 9.4cm), A-B8, [32 pp.], eclipse woodcut on A4 r., detailed contemporary annotations to rear blanks, stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers (split along spine but remaining attached), final 2 leaves closely trimmed at head; and 12 others similar (these not collated), including 5 Acts of Parliament, 18th century (e.g. To prevent the infamous Practice of Stock-jobbing, 1734; For Settling and Establishing a Court of Exchequre in the North Part of Great Britain called Scotland, 1708; For rebuilding the Tron Church of the City of Glasgow [...], 1793, etc.; all disbound) (21)Note: Item 1 (Monipennie) was first published c.1594. Item 2 concerns the continuance of episcopal government in Scotland and was later published with other works as An Explanation of the Meaning of the Oath and the Covenant. No editions of The Petition of John Monro Chirurgeon Apothecary in Edinburgh or Perth's True Almanack traced in ESTC. The two Defoe pamphlets are notably rare in commerce.

Scotland Collection of antiquarian and topographical books, mainly Scotland-related, 17th-19th including: Napier, John, of Merchiston. A Plaine Discoverie of the Whole Revelation of St John. Edinburgh: Andro Wilson, 1645. Fifth edition ('corrected and amended'), 4to (18.1 x 13.8cm), 19th-century half calf, rebacked, browning and damp-staining, errata leaf discarded [ESTC R209880]; Grose, Francis The Antiquities of Scotland. London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1797. Folio, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down (front joint partly cracked), engraved title-page with vignette, 185 engraved plates (of 191), without text and map, marginal spotting; Hogg, James. The Jacobite relics of Scotland: being the Songs, Airs and Legends, of the Adherents to the House of Stuart. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1819-21. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (21 x 13cm), contemporary green calf gilt; [Erskine, John]. The Principles of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: John Balfour, 1764. 8vo (19.7 x 12.5cm), contemporary calf, [ESTC T84162: 10 copies world-wide]; Colvil, Samuel. The Whigs Supplication, or, the Scotch-Hudibras. A Mock-Poem. Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1751. First edition under this title, 8vo (15 x 9.5cm), contemporary sheep, spotting, front inner hinge tender [ESTC T140222]; Dreghorn, John Maclaurin, Lord. Arguments and Decisions, in Remarkable Cases, before the High Court of Justiciary, and other Supreme Courts, in Scotland. Edinburgh: for J. Bell, 1774. First edition, 4to (25.7 x 20cm), front joint cracked [ESTC T94367]; Mackenzie, Sir George. The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1699. Folio, 20th-century half calf, title-page crudely repaired [ESTC R19368]; Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of. Memorial ... against the Person pretending to be Archibald Stewart, alias Douglas. [Edinburgh?]: [no publisher], 1767. 9 parts in 1 volume, 4to, 19th-century half morocco, front cover detached [ESTC T118950]; Britton, John. Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire. With heraldic and genealogical notices of the Beckford family. London: printed for the author, 1823. First edition, apparently one of 30 large-paper copies with 'proofs and etchings' (there were also 270 standard large-paper copies and 500 small-paper copies), 4to, original boards (printed label to front, with contemporary annotation 'Proofs and etchings'), half-title, 14 engraved plates numbered 1-10 (all marked 'proof', plates 3-6 each present in two states; plates 9-10 hand-coloured aquatints); tissue-guards, bookplate ('Anna Maria Powell, Sarum ... 1824', a Richard Powell M. D. recorded in the list of subscribers for a large-paper copy), front board detached, marginal spotting; Rabelais, François. The Works … done out of French, by Sir Thomas Urchard [sic], Knight, Mr. Motteux, and others. London: James Woodward, 1708. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, portrait frontispiece to the first volume [ESTC T52476]; and 4 others: John Slezer, Theatrum Scotiae, Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1874, first edition, one of 250 copies, large folio, 69 facsimile plates (including one double-page prospect of Edinburgh), the additional plate to the list of 68 being the plans of Thirlestane Castle, coloured coat of arms on the title-page, numerous other coloured coats of arms separately printed and mounted as headpieces, lacking spine and front board, rear board detached; Francisque-Michel, A Critical Inquiry into the Scottish Language, 1882, one of 500 copies, spine worn; John Anderson, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, 1825, front inner hinge gone; Archaeological scotica, Volume IV, Part First, 1831), the lot sold as seen (17)Provenance: The Late Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1952-2020).

A vintage black silk Oriental style open fronted jacket with orange trim and embroidered detail to front and bell sleeves.

An engineers vice, a brass bell weight, and 2 x 20 kilo hexagonal weights

A box of miscellaneous metalware to include vintage spray guns, brass bell, hangers, cast iron pot, etc.

An Elizabeth II silver novelty bonbonniere, as a wrapped sweet, London 1987; another, parcel-gilt, as a bell, Birmingham 2003 (2)

A George III oak and mahogany longcase clock, 33cm arched painted dial inscribed J. Vale, Derby, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, eight day movement striking on a bell, the case with swan neck pediment, 217.5cm high, 56cm wide, 26cm deep